Word: informality
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...excuse editors of the college papers from essay writing This cannot fail to have a good effect on Harvard journalism. The editors will have more time for their journalistic work, and competition for editorial boards will be stronger. This ought to be tried in Princeton." We should like to inform the Princetonian, and also a hundred or so other college papers in which this delusive item has appeared, that the Harvard editor has as hard a grind in his English work as anyone else, and is not exempt at all from essay writing...
...Harvard. This will afford an opportunity to those who are interested in chess, not only for enjoying the game, but also for improving themselves in playing it. For the benefit of those who may wish to join the club, notice will be published in a later issue to inform them how they may do so and what will be the requirements for membership. It is to be hoped that all admirers of this game will interest themselves in this move...
...here every day. The committee will make arrangements by which students can have their rooms photographed, and arrangements will have to be made only one day in advance for this. The committee again urge as many men as possible to arrange for sittings before Christmas, and they would also inform the class that the success of the photographs rests somewhat in the hands of the class, therefore the committee asks for the co-operation of the Seniors in this work...
DEAR SIR-I am requested to inform you that, by vote of the committee on athletics, no person will be allowed to train, coach, or otherwise assist the university or class crews without the written approval of the graduate committee on boating...
...Princetonian is making a bold strike for three weeks vacation at Christmas instead of two. It speaks of "Harvard, Yale, and other colleges which give three weeks vacation at Christmas-tide." We would like to inform the Princetonian that Harvard is the last place it should mention to get authority for long vacations, Ten days is the length of our Christmas vacation: one day the length of the so called "Thanksgiving recess...